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PUBLISHED BY CAELTOJST & POKTEB, 



200 MULBERRY-STREET. 
1864. 



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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by 
CARLTON & PORTER, 

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern 
District of New York. 



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CONTENTS 



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PAGE 

BAPTISM OF INFANTS 7 

BAPTISM OF ADULTS 1? 

EECEPTION OF MEMBEES 29 

ADMINISTEATION OF THE LOED'S SUPPEE . . 37 

SOLEMNIZATION OF MATEIMONY 55 

BUEIAL OF THE DEAD 67 

CONSECEATION OF BISHOPS 75 

OEDINATION OF ELDEES 93 

OEDINATION OF DEACONS . . 1M 

LAYING THE COENEE-STONE OF A CHUECH . 125 
DEDICATION OF A CHUECH 139 



THE ORDER 



FOR THE 



MINISTRATION OF BAPTISM. 



THE MINISTRATION 



OF 



BAPTISM TO INFANTS. 



The Minister, coming to the Font, which is to he filled 
with pure Water, shall use the following : 

PWEARLY beloved, forasmuch as 
-*-' all men are conceived and born 
in sin, and that our Saviour Christ 
saith, Except a man be born of water, 
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into 
the kingdom of God; I beseech you 
to call upon God the Father, through 
our Lord Jesus Christ, that having, 
of his bounteous mercy, redeemed 
this child by the blood of His Son, He 
will grant that he, being baptized 
with water, may also be baptized 



8 BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 

with the Holy Ghost, be received into 
Christ's holy Church, and become a 
lively member of the same. 

Then shall the Minister say. 

Let us pray. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, 
who of thy great mercy hast 
condescended to enter into covenant 
relations with man, wherein thou 
hast included children as partakers 
of its gracious benefits, declaring 
that of such is thy kingdom ; and 
in thy ancient Church didst appoint 
divers baptisms, figuring thereby the 
renewing of the Holy Ghost ; and by 
thy well-beloved Son Jesus Christ 
gavest commandment to thy holy 
apostles to go into all the world and 
disciple all nations, baptizing them 
in the name of the Father, and of 
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost : We 



BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 9 

beseech thee, that of thine infinite 
mercy thou wilt look upon this child: 
wash him and sanctify him; that he, 
being saved by thy grace, may be re- 
ceived into Christ's holy Church, and 
being steadfast in faith, joyful through 
hope, and rooted in love, may so over- 
come the evils of this present world, 
that finally he may attain to everlast- 
ing life, and reign with thee, world 
without end, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

O merciful God, grant that all 
carnal affections may die in him, 
and that all things belonging to the 
Spirit may live and grow in him. 
Amen. 

Grant that he may have power and 
strength to have victory, and to tri- 
umph against the devil, the world, 
and the flesh. Amen. 

Grant that whosoever is dedicated 
to thee by our office and ministry, 



10 BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 

may also be endued with heavenly 
virtues, and everlastingly rewarded 
through thy mercy, O blessed Lord 
God, who dost live and govern all 
things, world without end. Amen. 

Almighty, ever-living God, whose 
most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, 
for the forgiveness of our sins, did 
shed out of His most precious side 
both water and blood, regard, we be- 
seech thee, bur supplications. Sancti- 
fy this water for this holy sacrament; 
and grant that this child, now to be 
baptized, may receive the fullness 
of thy grace, and ever remain in the 
number of thy faithful and elect 
children, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



Then shall the Minister address the parents [or guard- 
ians] as follows : 



D 



EARLY beloved; Forasmuch 
as this child is now pre- 



BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 11 

sented by you for Christian baptism, 
you must remember that it is your 
part and duty to see that he be 
taught, as soon as he shall be able 
to learn, the nature and end of this 
holy sacrament. And that he may 
know these things the better, you 
shall call upon him to give reverent 
attendance upon the appointed 
means of grace, such as the ministry 
of the word and the public and pri- 
vate worship of God ; and further, ye 
shall provide that he shall read the 
Holy Scriptures, and learn the Lord's 
Prayer, the Ten Commandments, the 
Apostles' Creed, the Catechism, and 
all other things which a Christian 
ought to know and believe to his 
soul's health, in order that he may be 
brought up to lead a virtuous and 
holy life, remembering always that 
baptism doth represent unto us 
that inward purity which disposeth 



12 BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 

us to follow the example of our Sav- 
iour Christ ; that as he died and rose 
again for us, so should we, who are 
baptized, die unto sin and rise again 
unto righteousness, continually mor- 
tifying all corrupt affections, and 
daily proceeding in all virtue and 
godliness. 

Do you therefore solemnly engage 
to fulfill these duties, so far as in you 
lies, the Lord being your helper? 

Jlnsw. We do. 

Then shall the people stand tip, and the Minister shall 

say : 

Hear the words of the Gospel, writ- 
ten by St. Mark ; [Ch. X, ver. 13-16.] 

nPHEY brought young children to 
-*- Christ, that he should touch 
them. And his disciples rebuked 
those that brought them ; but when 
Jesus saw it, he was much dis- 



BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 13 

pleased, and said unto them, Suffer 
the little children to come unto me, 
and forbid them not, for of such is 
the kingdom of God. Verily I say 
unto you, Whosoever shall not re- 
ceive the kingdom of God as a little 
child, he shall not enter therein. 
And he took them up in his arms, put 
his hands upon them, and blessed 
them. 

Then the Minister shall take the Child into his hands, 
and say to the friends of the Child, 

Name this child. 

And then, naming it after them, he shall sprinkle or pour 
Water upon it, or, if desired, immerse it in Water, 
saying, 

JY., I baptize thee in the name of 
the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Then shall the Minister offer the folloiving prayer, the 
people kneeling : 

GOD of infinite mercy, the 
Father of all the faithful seed, 



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14 BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 

be pleased to grant unto this child 
an understanding mind and a sancti- 
fied heart. May thy providence lead 
him through the dangers, temptations, 
and ignorance of his youth, that he 
may never run into folly nor into the 
evils of an unbridled appetite. We 
pray thee so to order the course of 
his life, that by good education, by 
holy examples, and by thy restraining 
and renewing grace, he may be led to 
serve thee faithfully all his days, so 
that, when he has glorified thee in 
his generation, and has served the 
Church on earth, he may be received 
into thine eternal kingdom, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Almighty and most merciful Fa- 
ther, let thy loving mercy and com- 
passion descend upon these, thy 
servant and handmaid, the parents 
[or guardians] of this child. Grant 
unto them, we beseech thee, thy 



BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 15 

Holy Spirit, that they may, like 
Abraham, command their household 
to keep the way of the Lord. Direct 
their actions and sanctify their 
hearts, words, and purposes, that 
their whole family may be united to 
our Lord Jesus Christ in the bands 
of faith, obedience, and charity ; and 
that they all, being in this life thy 
holy children by adoption and grace, 
may be admitted into the Church of 
the first-born in heaven, through the 
merits of thy dear Son, our Saviour 
and Redeemer. Amen. 



Then may the Minister offer extemporary prayer. 
Then shall he said, all kneeling, 

|^|UR Father who art in heaven, 
^-^ hallowed be thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done in 
earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this 



16 BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 

day our daily bread ; and forgive us 
our trespasses, as we forgive them 
that trespass against us ; and lead 
us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil; for thine is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, for- 
ever. Amen. 



THE 



MINISTRATION OF BAPTISM 



TO SUCH AS ARE OF RIPER YEARS. 



DEARLY beloved, forasmuch as 
all men are conceived and born 
in sin ; and that which is born of the 
flesh is flesh, and they that are in the 
flesh cannot please God, but live in 
sin, committing many actual trans- 
gressions ; and . our Saviour Christ 
saith, Except a man be born of 
water, and of the Spirit, he cannot 
enter into the kingdom of God : — I 
beseech you to call upon God the 
Father, through our Lord Jesus 
Christ, that of His bounteous good- 



18 BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 

ness He will grant to these persons 
that which by nature they cannot 
have ; that they, being baptized with 
water, may also be baptized with the 
Holy Ghost, and being received into 
Christ's holy Church, may continue 
lively members of the same. 

Then shall the Minister say, 

Let us pray. 

ALMIGHTY and immortal God, 
the aid of all that need, the 
helper of all that flee to thee for suc- 
cour, the life of them that believe, 
and the resurrection of the dead: 
we call upon thee for these persons ; 
that they, coming to thy holy baptism, 
may also be filled with thy Holy 
Spirit. Heceive them, O Lord, as 
thou hast promised by thy well-be- 
loved Son, saying, Ask, and ye shall 
receive ; seek, and ye shall find ; 



BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 19 

knock, and it shall be opened unto 
you : so give now unto us that ask : 
let us that seek, find : open the gate 
unto us that knock ; that these persons 
may enjoy the everlasting benedic- 
tion of thy heavenly washing, and 
may come to the eternal kingdom 
which thou hast promised by Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 



Then shall the people stand up ; and the Minister shall 

say, 

Hear the words of the Gospel, 
written by St. John, [Ch. Ill, ver. 
1-8.] 

rriHERE was a man of the Phari- 
-*- sees, named Nicodemus, a ruler 
of the Jews : the same came to Jesus 
by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, 
we know that thou art a teacher 
come from God ; for no man can do 



20 BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 

these miracles that thou doest except 
God be with him. Jesus answered 
and said unto him, Verily, verily, I 
say unto thee, Except a man be born 
again, he cannot see the kingdom of 
God. Nicodemus saith unto him, 
How can a man be born when he is 
old ? Can he enter the second time 
into his mother's womb, and be born? 
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say 
unto thee, Except a man be born of 
water and of the Spirit, he cannot 
enter into the kingdom of God. 
That which is born of the flesh is 
flesh, and that which is born of the 
Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I 
said unto thee, Ye must be born 
again. The wind bloweth where it 
listeth, and thou hearest the sound 
thereof; but canst not tell whence 
it cometh, and whither it goeth: so 
is every one that is born of the 
Spirit. 



BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 21 

Then the Minister shall spealc to the persons to be bap- 
tized on this wise : 

WELL beloved, who have come 
hither, desiring to receive holy 
baptism, you have heard how the 
congregation hath prayed, that our 
Lord Jesus Christ would vouchsafe 
to receive you, to bless you, and to 
give you the kingdom of heaven, and 
everlasting life. And our Lord 
Jesus Christ hath promised in His 
holy word to grant all those things 
that we have prayed for : which 
promise He for His part will most 
surely keep and perform. 

Wherefore after this promise made 
by Christ, you must also faithfully, for 
your part, promise, in the presence of 
this whole congregation, that you 
will renounce the devil and all his 
works, and constantly believe God's 
holy word, and obediently keep His 
commandments. 



22 BAPTISM- OF ADULTS. 

Then shall the Minister demand of each of the persons to 

be baptized. 

Quest T\^^T thou renounce the 
-*-^ devil and all his works, 
the vain pomp and glory of the 
world, with all covetous desires of 
the same, and the carnal desires of 
the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow 
or be led by them ? 

Answ. I renounce them all. 

Quest. Dost thou believe in God 
the Father Almighty, Maker of 
heaven and earth ? and in Jesus 
Christ His only-begotten Son our 
Lord? and that He was conceived 
by the Holy Ghost, born of the Vir- 
gin Mary? that He suffered under 
Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead 
and buried: that He rose again the 
third day; that He ascended into 
heaven, and sitteth at the right hand 
of God the Father Almighty, and 
from thence shall come again at the 



BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 23 

end of the world, to judge the quick 
and the dead ? 

And dost thou believe in the Holy 
Ghost, the holy Catholic Church,* the 
communion of saints ; the remission 
of sins ; the resurrection of the body, 
and everlasting life after death 1 

Ans. All this I steadfastly believe. 

Quest. Wilt thou be baptized in 
this faith ? 

Jlnsiv. This is my desire. 

Quest. Wilt thou then obediently 
keep God's holy will and command- 
ments, and walk in the same all the 
days of thy life ? 

Answ. I will endeavor so to do. 
God being my helper. 

Then shall the Minister say, 

MERCIFUL GOD, grant that 
all carnal affections may die in 
these persons, and that all things be- 

* The one universal Church of Christ. 



24 BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 

longing to the Spirit may live and 
grow in them. Amen. 

Grant that they may have power 
and strength to have victory, and tri- 
umph against the devil, the world, 
and the flesh. Amen. 

Grant that they, being here dedi- 
cated to thee by our office and min- 
istry, may also be endued with 
heavenly virtues, and everlastingly 
rewarded, through thy mercy, O 
blessed Lord God, who dost live 
and govern all things, world without 
end. Amen. 

Almighty, ever-living God, whose 
most dearly beloved Son Jesus 
Christ, for the forgiveness of our 
sins, did shed out of His most pre- 
cious side both water and blood ; 
and gave commandment to His dis- 
ciples, that they should go teach all 
nations, and baptize them in the 
name of the Father, and of the Son, 



BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 25 

and of the Holy Ghost: regard, we 
beseech thee, our supplications ; and 
grant that the persons now to be 
baptized may receive the fullness of 
thy grace, and ever remain in the 
number of thy faithful and elect 
children, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

Then shall the Minister ash the name of each person to he 
baptized, and shall sprinkle or pour water upon him, 
{or, if he shall desire it, shall immerse him in water,) 
saying, 

N., I baptize thee in the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Then shall he said the Lord's Prayer, all 'kneeling. 

AUR Father who art in heaven, 
^~s hallowed be thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done in 
earth, as it is in heaven. Give us 
this day our daily bread ; and forgive 



26 BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 

us our trespasses, as we forgive them 
that trespass against us : and lead us 
not into temptation; but deliver us 
from evil : for thine is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, forever. 
Amen. 

Then may the Minister conclude with extemporary prayer. 



FORM 



FOR 



RECEIVING PERSONS INTO THE CHURCH 
AFTER PROBATION. 



FORM 

FOR 

RECEIVING PERSONS INTO THE CHURCH 
AETER PROBATION. 



Upon the day appointed, all that are to be received shall 
he called forward, and the Minister, addressing the 
congregation, shall say, 

DEARLY BELOVED BRETH- 
REN, — The Scriptures teach us 
that the Church is the household of 
God, the body of which Christ is the 
Head, and that it is the design of the 
Gospel to bring together in one all 
who are in Christ. The fellowship 
of the Church is the communion that 
its members enjoy, one with another. 
The ends of this fellowship are, the 
maintenance of sound doctrine, and 



30 RECEPTION OF MEMBERS. 

of the ordinances of Christian wor- 
ship, and the exercise of that power 
of godly admonition and discipline 
which Christ has committed to his 
Church for the promotion of holi- 
ness. It is the duty of all men to 
unite in this fellowship, for it is only 
those that " be planted in the house 
of the Lord, that shall flourish in 
the courts of our God." Its more 
particular duties are, to promote 
peace and unity; to bear one an- 
other's burdens; to prevent each 
other's stumbling; to seek the in- 
timacy of friendly society among 
themselves ; to continue steadfast in 
the faith and worship of the Gospel; 
and to pray and sympathize with 
each other. Among its privileges are, 
peculiar incitements to holiness from 
the hearing of God's word and shar- 
ing in Christ's ordinances ; the being 
placed under the watchful care of 



RECEPTION OF MEMBERS. 31 

pastors, and the enjoyment of the 
blessings which are promised only to 
those who are of the household of 
faith. Into this holy fellowship the 
persons before you, who have already 
received the sacrament of baptism 
and have been under the care of 
proper leaders for six months on 
trial, come seeking admission. We 
now propose, in the fear of God, to 
question them as to their faith and 
purposes, that you may know that 
they are proper persons to be ad- 
mitted into the Church. 

Then addressing the applicants for admission, the Minis- 
ter shall say : 

DEARLY BELOVED,— You are 
come hither seeking the great 
privilege of union with the Church 
our Saviour has purchased with his 
own blood. We rejoice in the grace 
of God vouchsafed unto you in that 



32 RECEPTION OF MEMBERS. 

He lias called you to be His folloivers, 
and that thus far you have run 
well. You have heard how blessed 
are the privileges and how solemn 
are the duties of membership in 
Christ's Church ; and before you are 
fully admitted thereto, it is proper 
that you do here publicly renew your 
vows, confess your faith, and declare 
your purpose, by answering the fol- 
lowing questions : 

Do you here, in the presence of 
God and of this congregation, renew 
the solemn promise contained in the 
baptismal covenant, ratifying and 
confirming the same, and acknowl- 
edging yourselves bound faithfully to 
observe and keep that covenant ? 

Jtnsw. I do. 

Have you saving faith in the Lord 
Jesus Christ ? 

Jlnsw. I trust I have. 

Do you believe in the doctrines of 



RECEPTION OF MEMBERS. 33 

Holy Scripture, as set forth in the 
Articles of Religion of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church? 

Jlnsw. I do. 

Will you cheerfully be governed 
by the rules of the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church, hold sacred the ordi- 
nances of God, and endeavor, as 
much as in you lies, to promote the 
welfare of your brethren and the 
advancement of the Redeemer's 
kingdom? 

Jlnsw. I will. 

Will you contribute of your earthly 
substance, according to your ability, 
to the support of the Gospel, and the 
various benevolent enterprises of the 
Church ? 

Jlnsiv. I will. 

Then the Minister, addressing the Church, shall say : 

TDRETHREN, you have heard the 
3J responses given to our inquiries. 

3 



34 RECEPTION OF MEMBERS. 

Have any of you reason to allege 
why these persons should not be re- 
ceived into full membership in the 
Church ? 

Mo objection being alleged, the Minister shall say to the 

candidates : 

WE welcome you to the commun- 
ion of the Church of God ; and 
in testimony of our Christian affection 
and the cordiality with which we re- 
ceive you, I hereby extend to you the 
right hand of fellowship; and may 
God grant that you may be a faithful 
and useful member of the Church mil- 
itant till you are called to the fellow- 
ship of the Church triumphant, which 
is " without fault before the throne of 
God." 

Then shall the Minister offer extemporary prayer. 



THE ORDER 



FOR ADMINISTERING 



THE LORD'S SUPPER 



THE ORDER FOR THE ADMINISTRATION 



OF 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 



The Elder shall say one or more of these sentences, dur- 
ing the reading of which, the persons appointed for that 
purpose shall receive the alms for the poor : 

ET your light so shine before 
-*^ men, that they may see your 
good works, and glorify your Father 
which is in heaven. [Matt v, 16.] 

Lay not up for yourselves treas- 
ures upon earth, where moth and 
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves 
break through and steal : but lay up 
for yourselves treasures in heaven, 
where neither moth nor rust doth 
corrupt, and where thieves do not 



38 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

break through nor steal. [Matt, vi, 
19, 20.] 

Whatsoever ye would that men 
should do to you, do ye even so to 
them : for this is the law and the 
prophets. [Matt. vii, 12.] 

Not every one that saith unto me, 
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king- 
dom of heaven; but he that doeth 
the will of my Father which is 
in heaven. [Matt, vii, 21.] 

Zaccheus stood, and said unto the 
Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my 
goods I give to the poor ; and if I 
have taken anything from any man, 
by false accusation, I restore him 
fourfold, [Luke xix, 8.] 

He which soweth sparingly shall 
reap also sparingly; and he which 
soweth bountifully shall reap also 
bountifully. Every man according 
as he purposeth in his heart, so let 
him give; not grudgingly, or of 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 39 

necessity: for God loveth a cheerful 
giver. [2 Cor. ix, 6, 7.] 

As we have therefore opportunity, 
let us do good unto all men, especi- 
ally unto them who are of the house- 
hold of faith. [Gal. vi, 10.] 

Godliness with contentment is 
great gain ; for we brought nothing 
into this world, and it is certain 
we can carry nothing out. [1 Tim. 
vi,6, 7.] 

Charge them that are rich in this 
world, that they be not high-minded, 
nor trust in uncertain riches, but in 
the living God, who giveth us richly 
all things to enjoy; that they do 
good, that they be rich in good 
works, ready to distribute, willing to 
communicate ; laying up in store for 
themselves a good foundation against 
the time to come, that they may lay 
hold on eternal life. [1 Tim. vi, 17-19.] 

God is not unrighteous to forget 



40 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

your work and labor of love, which 
ye have showed toward his name, in 
that ye have ministered to the saints, 
and do minister. [Heb. vi, 10.] 

To do good, and to communicate, 
forget not; for with such sacrifices 
God is well pleased. [Heb. xiii, 16.] 

Whoso hath this world's good, and 
seeth his brother have need, and 
shutteth up his bowels of compassion 
from him, how dwelleth the love of 
God in him ? [1 John iii, 17.] 

He that hath pity upon the poor, 
lendeth unto the Lord ; and that 
which he hath given will he pay him 
again. [Prov. xix, 17.] 

Blessed is he that considereth the 
poor; the Lord will deliver him in 
time of trouble. [Psalm xli, 1.] 

After which the elder shall give the folloiving Invitation, 

the people standing : 

|~F any man sin, we have an advo- 
A cate with the Father, Jesus Christ 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 41 

the righteous : and he is the propitia- 
tion for our sins : and not for ours 
only, but also for the sins of the 
whole world. 

Wherefore, ye that do truly and 
earnestly repent of your sins, and are 
in love and charity with your neigh- 
bors, and intend to lead a new life, 
following the commandments of God, 
and walking from henceforth in His 
holy ways ; draw near with faith, 
and take this holy sacrament to 
your comfort : and, devoutly kneel- 
ing, make your humble confession to 
Almighty God. 

Then shall this general confession he made by the Minister 
in the name of all those who are minded to receive the 
holy communion, both he and all the people devoutly 
kneeling, and saying : 

1 LMIGHTY God, Father of our 
-^- Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all 
things, Judge of all men : we ac- 
knowledge and bewail our manifold 



42 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

sins and wickedness, which we from 
time to time most grievously have 
committed, by thought, word, and 
deed, against thy Divine Majesty, 
provoking most justly thy wrath and 
indignation against us. We do earn- 
estly repent, and are heartily sorry 
for these our misdoings; the remem- 
brance of them is grievous unto us. 
Have mercy upon us, have mercy up- 
on us, most merciful Father; for thy 
Son, our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, 
forgive us all that is past ; and grant 
that we may ever hereafter serve and 
please thee in newness of life, to 
the honor and glory of thy name, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

Then shall the elder say, 

ALMIGHTY God, our Heav- 
enly Father, who of thy great 
mercy hast promised forgiveness of 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 43 

sins to all them that with hearty 
repentance and true faith turn onto 
thee : have mercy upon us ; pardon 
and deliver us from all our sins, con- 
firm and strengthen us in all good- 
ness, and bring us to everlasting life, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Jlmen. 

The Collect. 

k LMIGHTY God, unto whom all 
:£* hearts are open, all desires 
known, and from whom no secrets 
are hid ; cleanse the thoughts of our 
hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy 
Spirit, that we may perfectly love 
thee, and worthily magnify thy holy 
name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Jlmen. 

Then shall the elder say, 

WE do not presume to come to 
this thy table, O merciful Lord, 
trusting in our own righteousness, 



44 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

but in thy manifold and great mer- 
cies. We are not worthy so much as 
to gather up the crumbs under thy 
table. But thou art the same Lord, 
whose property is always to have 
mercy : Grant us, therefore, gracious 
Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear 
Son Jesus Christ, and to drink His 
blood, that we may live and grow 
thereby; and that, being washed 
through Kis most precious blood, we 
may evermore dwell in Him, and He 
in us. Amen. 

Then the elder shull say the prayer of consecration, as 

followeth : 

ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly 
Father, who of thy tender mercy 
didst give thine only Son Jesus 
Christ to suffer death upon the cross 
for our redemption; who made there, 
by His oblation of Himself once 
offered, a full, perfect, and sufficient 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 45 

sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction 
for the sins of the whole world ; and 
did institute, and in His holy Gospel 
command us to continue, a perpetual 
memory of His precious death until 
His coming again: hear us, O mer- 
ciful Father, we most humbly beseech 
thee, and grant that we, receiving 
these memorials of the sufferings and 
death of our Saviour Jesus Christ, 
may be partakers of His most blessed 
body and blood; who, in the same 
night that he was betrayed, took 
bread ; (*) and when He q Here the 
had given thanks, He elder ma v *«*« 

-it •. i -, the plate of bread 

broke it, and gave it .,,./, 

° into his hand. 

to His disciples, saying, 
Take, eat; this is my body which 
is given for you; do this in remem- 
brance of me. 

Likewise after supper 

XT * i /2\ ^il j Here he may 

He took ( 2 ) the cup ; and tahe the cup in 
when He had given Ms hand. 



46 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

thanks, He gave it to them, saying, 
Drink ye all of this; for this is my 
blood of the New Testament, which is 
shed for you, and for many, for the 
remission of sins; do this, as oft as 
ye shall drink it, in remembrance of 
me. Amen. 

Then shall the Minister receive the communion in loth 
kinds, and proceed to deliver the same to the other min- 
isters, {if any he present :) after which, he shall say : 

TT is very meet, right, and our 
-*- bounden duty, that we should at 
all times, and in all places, give 
thanks unto thee, O Lord, holy 
Father, almighty, everlasting God, 

Therefore with angels and arch- 
angels, and with all the company of 
heaven, we laud and magnify thy 
glorious name, evermore praising 
thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy 
Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth 
are full of thy glory. Glory be to 
thee, O Lord most high. Amen. 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 47 

The Minister shall then proceed to administer the com- 
munion to the people in order, into their uncovered 
hands. And when he deliver eth the bread, he shall say ; 

nPHE body of our Lord Jesus 
-*- Christ, which was given for thee, 
preserve thy soul and body unto ever- 
lasting life. Take and eat this in re- 
membrance that Christ died for thee, 
and feed on Him in thy heart by faith 
with thanksgiving. 

And the minister that deliver eth the cup shall say, 

^IPHE blood of our Lord Jesus 
-*- Christ, which was shed for thee, 
preserve thy soul and body unto ever- 
lasting life. Drink this in remem- 
brance that Christ's blood was shed 
for thee, and be thankful. 

[If the consecrated bread or wine be all spent before 
all have communed, the elder may consecrate more, by 
repeating the prayer of consecration.] 

[When all have communed, the minister shall return 
to the Lord's table, and place upon it what remaineth 
of the consecrated elements, covering the same with a 
fair linen cloth.] 



48 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

Then shall the Elder say the Lord's Prayer ; the people 
kneeling and repeating after him every petition. 

OUR Father who art in heaven, 
hallowed be thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done in 
earth as it is in heaven. Give us 
this day our daily bread ; and forgive 
us our trespasses, as we forgive them 
that trespass against us ; and lead us 
not into temptation ; but deliver us 
from evil ; for thine is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, for ever 
and ever. Amen. 

After which shall he said as follow eth : 

OLORD our heavenly Father, we 
thy humble servants desire thy 
Fatherly goodness mercifully to ac- 
cept this our sacrifice of praise and 
thanksgiving; most humbly beseech- 
ing thee to grant that, by the merits 
and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 49 

and through faith in His blood, we 
and thy whole Church may obtain 
remission of our sins, and all other 
benefits of His death. And here we 
offer and present unto thee, O Lord, 
ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be 
a reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice 
unto thee; humbly beseeching thee 
that all we who are partakers of this 
holy communion may be filled with 
thy grace and heavenly benediction. 
And although we be unworthy, 
through our manifold sins, to offer 
unto thee any sacrifice, yet we 
beseech thee to accept this our 
bounden duty and service; not 
weighing our merits, but pardoning 
our offenses, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord: by whom, and with whom, 
in the unity of the Holy Ghost, 
all honor and glory be unto thee, 
O Father Almighty, world without 
end. Amen. 



50 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

Then shall he said, 

/^liORY be to God on high. 
v^ and on earth peace, good-will 

toward men. We praise thee, we 
bless thee, we worship thee, we adore 
thee for thy great glory, O Lord 
God, heavenly King, God the Father 
Almighty. 

O Lord, the only-begotten Son 
Jesus Christ ; O Lord God, Lamb of 
God, Son of the Father, that takest 
away the sins of the world, have 
mercy upon us. Thou that takest 
away the sins of the world, have 
mercy upon us. Thou that takest 
away the sins of the world, receive 
our prayer. Thou that sittest at the 
right hand of God the Father, have 
mercy upon us. ' And receive us at 
last, through the riches of thy grace, 
into the joy of thine eternal king- 
dom, where we may reign with thee, 
world without end. Amen. • 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 51 

Then the elder, if he see it expedient, may put up an ex- 
temporary prayer ; and afterward shall let the people 
depart ivith this blessing : 

"l/JAY the peace of God, which 
-^-*- passeth all understanding, keep 
your hearts and minds in the knowl- 
edge and love of God, and of His 
Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and 
the blessing of God Almighty, the 
Father, the Son, and the Holy 
Ghost, be among you, and remain 
with you always. Amen. 



N". B. If the elder be straitened for time, he may omit 
any part of the service, except the Invitation, the Con- 
fession, and the prayer of Consecration. 



THE FORM 



OF 



SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. 



THE FORM 



OF 



SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. 



[The parts in brackets throughout may be used or not, 
at discretion.] 

At the day and time appointed for solemnization of matri- 
mony, the persons to he married — having been qualified 
according to law — standing together, the man on the 
right hand, and the woman on the left, the minister shall 
say: 

rwEARLY beloved, we are gath- 
*-* ered together here in the sight 

of God, and in the presence of these 
witnesses, to join together this man 
and this woman in holy matrimony ; 
which is an honorable estate, insti- 
tuted of God in the time of man's in- 
nocency, signifying unto us the mys- 



56 SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. 

tical onion that is between Christ 
and his Church; which holy estate 
Christ adorned and beautified with 
His presence, and first miracle that 
he wrought, in Cana of Galilee, 
and is commended of St. Paul to 
be honorable among all men ; and 
therefore is not by any to be entered 
into unadvisedly, but reverently, dis- 
creetly, and in the fear of God. 

Into which holy estate these two 
persons present come now to be 
joined. Therefore if any can show 
just cause why they may not law- 
fully be joined together, let him now 
speak, or else hereafter forever hold 
his peace. 

[And also speaking unto the persons that are to be mar- 
ricd, he shall say : 

T REQUIRE and charge you both, 
J- that if either of you know any 
impediment why you may not be 



SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. 57 

lawfully joined together in matri- 
mony, you do now confess it : for be 
ye well assured, that so many as are 
coupled together otherwise than 
God's word doth allow, are not 
joined together by God, neither is 
their matrimony lawful.] 

If no impediment he alleged, then shall the minister say 
unto the man, 

M., wilt thou have this woman to 
be thy wedded wife, to live togeth- 
er after God's ordinance in the 
holy estate of matrimony? Wilt 
thou love her, comfort her, honor, 
and keep her, in sickness and in 
health : and forsaking all other, keep 
thee only unto her, so long as ye 
both shall live ? 

The man shall answer, 

I will. 



58 SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. 

Then shall the Minister say unto the woman, 

N., wilt thou have this man to be thy 
wedded husband, to live together 
after God's ordinance, in the holy 
estate of matrimony? Wilt thou 
love, honor, and keep him, in sick- 
ness and in health : and forsaking all 
other, keep thee only unto him, so 
long as ye both shall live ? 

The woman shall answer, 

I will. 

\Then the minister shall cause the man tuith his right 
hand to take the woman by her right hand, and to say 
after him as follow eth : 

M. take thee JY. to be my wed- 
ded wife, to have and to hold, 
from this day forward, for better, for 
worse, for richer, for poorer, in sick- 
ness and in health, to love and to 
cherish, till death us do part, accord- 



SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. 59 

ing to God's holy ordinance : and 



thereto I plight thee my faith. 

Then shall they loose their hands, and the woman with her 
right hand talcing the man by his right hand, shall like- 
wise say after the minister : 

N. take thee M. to be my wed- 
-*- ded husband, to have and to hold, 
from this day forward, for better, for 
worse, for richer, for poorer, in sick- 
ness and in health, to love and to 
cherish, till death us do part, accord- 
ing to God's holy ordinance: and 
thereto I plight thee my faith.] 

Then shall the minister say : 

ETERNAL God, Creator and 
9 Preserver of all mankind, Giver 
of all spiritual grace, the Author of 
everlasting life ; send thy blessing 
upon these thy servants, this man and 
this woman ; whom we bless in thy 



60 SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. 

name ; that as Isaac and Hebecca 
lived faithfully together, so these per- 
sons may surely perform and keep 
the vow and covenant between them 
made, and may ever remain in perfect 
love and peace together, and live ac- 
cording to thy laws, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

\If the parties desire it, the man shall here hand a ring 
to the minister, tvho shall return it to him, and direct 
him to place it on the third finger of the woman's left 
hand. And the man shall say to the woman, repeating 
after the minister, 

"V^TITH this ring I thee wed, and 
* * with my worldly goods I thee 
endow, in the name of the Father, 
and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost. Amen.] 

Then shall the minister join their right hands together, 

and say : 

T^ORASMUCH as M. and JV. have 
-*- consented together in holy wed- 



SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. 61 

lock, and have witnessed the same 
before God and this company, and 
thereto have pledged their faith 
either to other, and have declared 
the same by joining of hands ; I pro- 
nounce that they are husband and 
wife together, in the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost. Those whom God hath 
joinpd together, let no man put asun- 
der. Amen. 

And the minister shall add this blessing : 

/^OD, the Father, the Son, and 
V* the Holy Ghost, bless, preserve, 
and keep you ; the Lord mercifully 
with His favor look upon you, and 
so fill you with all spiritual benedic- 
tion and grace, that ye may so live 
together in this life, that in the world 
to come ye may have life everlasting. 
•Mmen. 



62 SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. 

Then shall the minister offer the following prayer : 

OGOB of Abraham, God of Isaac, 
God of Jacob, bless this man 
and this woman, and sow the seed of 
eternal life in their hearts, that what- 
soever in thy holy word they shall 
profitably learn, they may indeed ful- 
fill the same. JLook, O Lord, mer- 
cifully on them from heaven, and 
bless them : as thou didst send thy 
blessings upon Abraham and Sarah, 
to their great comfort, so vouchsafe 
to send thy blessings upon this man 
and this woman, that they, obeying 
thy will, and always being in safety 
under thy protection, may abide in 
thy love unto their lives' end, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Almighty God, who at the begin- 
ning did create our first parents, 
Adam and Eve, and did sanctify and 
join them together in marriage, pour 



SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. 63 

upon these persons the riches of Thy 
grace, sanctify and bless them, that 
they may please Thee both in body 
and soul, and live together in holy 
love unto their lives' end. Amen. 

Here the minister may use extemporary prayer. 
Then the minister shall say, 



OUR Father, who art in heaven, 
hallowed be thy name. Thy king- 
dom come. Thy will be done in earth, 
as it is in heaven. Give us this day our 
daily bread ; and forgive us our tres- 
passes, as we forgive them that tres- 
pass against us; and lead us not into 
temptation; but deliver us from evil; 
for thine is the kingdom, and the 
power, and the glory, forever. Amen. 



THE ORDER 



FOR 



THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 



THE ORDER 



FOR 



THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 



The minister, going before the corpse, shall say : 

AM the resurrection and the life : 
-*- he that believeth in me, though 
he were dead, yet shall he live ; and 
whosoever liveth, and believeth in 
me, shall never die. John xi, 25, 26. 

1" KNOW that my Redeemer liv- 
-*- eth, and that He shall stand at 
the latter day upon the earth : and 
though, after my skin, worms destroy 
this body, yet in my flesh shall I see 
God, whom I shall see for myself. 




68 BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 

and mine eyes shall behold, and not 

another. Job xix, 25-87. 

'E brought nothing into this 
world, and it is certain we can 
carry nothing out The Lord gave 
and the Lord hath taken away : 
blessed be the name of the Lord. 
1 Tim., vi, 7 ; Job i, 21. 

At the grave, when the corpse is laid in the earth, the 
minister shall say, 

MAN that is born of a woman 
hath but a short time to live, 
and is full of misery. He cometh up, 
and is cut down like a flower : he 
fleeth as it were a shadow, and never 
continueth in one stay. 

In the midst of life we are in 
death : of whom may we seek for 
succor, but of thee, O Lord, who for 
our sins art justly displeased ? 

Yet, O Lord God most holy, 
O Lord most mighty, O holy and 



BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 69 

most merciful Saviour, deliver us 
not into the bitter pains of eternal 
death. 

Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of 
our hearts ; shut not thy merciful 
ears to our prayers, but spare us, 
Lord most holy, O God most mighty, 
O holy and merciful Saviour, thou 
most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us 
not at our last hour for any pains of 
death to fall from thee. 

Then, while the earth shall be cast upon the body by some 
standing by, the minister shall say : 

"PORASBfUCH as it hath pleased 
-*- Almighty God, in his wise provi- 
dence, to take out of the world the 
soul of the departed, we therefore 
commit his body to the ground ; earth 
to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; 
looking for the general Resurrection 
in the last day, and the life of the 
world to come, through our Lord 



70 BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 

Jesus Christ; at whose second com- 
ing in glorious majesty to judge the 

world, the earth and the sea shall 
give up their dead ; and the corrupt- 
ible bodies of those who sleep in Him 

shall be changed, and made like unto 
His own glorious body ; according to 

the mighty working whereby He is 
able to subdue all things unto Him- 
self. 

Then shall he said : 

HEARD a voice from heaven, 

■*■ saying unto me, Write, From 
henceforth blessed are the dead who 
die in the Lord: even so, saith the 
Spirit; for they rest from their 
labors. 

Then shall the minister say : 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 
Christ, have mercy upon us. 
Lord, have mercy upon us. 



BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 71 

The Collect. 

MERCIFUL God, the Father 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
is the resurrection and the life : in 
whom whosoever believeth shall live, 
though he die, and whosoever liveth 
and believeth in Him shall not die 
eternally : We meekly beseech thee, 
O Father, to raise us from the death 
of sin unto the life of righteousness ; 
that when we shall depart this life 
we may rest in Him ; and at the gen- 
eral resurrection on the last day may 
be found acceptable in thy sight, and 
receive that blessing which thy well- 
beloved Son shall then pronounce to 
all that love and fear thee, saying, 
Come, ye blessed children of my 
Father, receive the kingdom pre- 
pared for you from the beginning of 
the world. Grant this, we beseech 
thee, O merciful Father, through 



72 BUHIAL OF THE DEAD. 

Jesus Christ our Mediator and Re- 
deemer. Amen. 

OUR Father, who art in heaven, 
hallowed be thy name. Thy king- 
dom come. Thy will be done in earth, 
as it is in heaven. Give us this day 
our daily bread ; and forgive us our 
trespasses, as we forgive them that 
trespass against us ; and lead us not 
into temptation, but deliver us from 
evil; for thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory, forever. 
Amen. 

HPHE grace of our Lord Jesus 
-*- Christ, and the love of God, and 
the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be 
with us all evermore. Amen. 



FORMS 



OF 



CONSECRATION AND ORDINATION. 



THE FORM 



OF 



COISECRATING BISHOPS. 



The Colled, 

k LMIGHTY God, who by thy 
-£* Son Jesus Christ didst give to 
thy holy apostles, elders, and evangel- 
ists, many excellent gifts, and didst 
charge them to feed thy flock ; give 
grace, we beseech thee, to all the 
ministers and pastors of thy Church, 
that they may diligently preach thy 
word and duly administer the godly 
discipline thereof; and grant to the 
people that they may obediently fol- 
low the same ; that all may receive 



76 CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 

the crown of everlasting glory, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

Then shall he read ly one of the elders 

The Epistle. Acts xx, 17-35. 

"PROM Miletus Paul sent to Ephe- 
-*- sus, and called the elders of the 
Church. And when they were come 
to him, he said unto them, Ye know 
from the first day that I came into 
Asia, after what manner I have been 
with you at all seasons, serving the 
Lord with all humility of mind, and 
with many tears and temptations 
which befell me by the lying in wait 
of the Jews ; and how I kept back 
nothing that was profitable unto you, 
but have showed you, and have 
taught you publicly and from house 
to house, testifying both to the Jews 
and also to the Greeks, repentance 



CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 77 

toward God, and faith toward our 
Lord Jesus Christ. And now behold 
I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusa- 
lem, not knowing the things that 
shall befall me there ; save that the 
Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, 
saying that bonds and afflictions 
abide me. But none of these things 
move me, neither count I my life 
dear unto myself, so that I might 
finish my course with joy, and the 
ministry which I have received of the 
Lord Jesus to testify the Gospel of 
the grace of God. And now, behold, 
I know that ye all, among whom I 
have gone preaching the kingdom of 
God, shall see my face no more. 
Wherefore I take you to record this 
day, that I am pure from the blood 
of all men. For I have not shunned 
to declare unto you all the counsel of 
God. Take heed, therefore, unto 
yourselves, and to all the flock, over 



78 CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 

the which the Holy Ghost hath made 
you overseers, to feed the Church of 
God which he hath purchased with 
his own blood. For I know this, that 
after my departing shall grievous 
wolves enter in among you, not spar- 
ing the flock. Also of your own 
selves shall men arise, speaking per- 
verse things, to draw away disciples 
after them. Therefore watch, and 
remember that by the space of three 
years, I ceased not to warn every one 
night and day with tears. And now, 
brethren, I commend you to God, and 
to the word of his grace, which is 
able to build you up, and to give you 
an inheritance among all them which 
are sanctified. I have coveted no 
man's silver, or gold, or apparel : yea, 
ye yourselves know that these hands 
have ministered unto my necessities, 
and to them that were with me. I 
have showed you all things, how that 



CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 79 

so laboring ye ought to support the 
weak; and to remember the words 
of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is 
more blessed to give than to receive. 



Then another shall read 

The Gospel. St. John xxi, 15-17. 

JESUS saith to Simon Peter, 
Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou 
me more than these ? He saith unto 
him, Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that 
I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed 
my lambs. He saith to him again 
the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, 
lovest thou me ? He saith unto him, 
Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love 
thee. He saith unto him, Feed my 
sheep. He saith unto him the third 
time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou 
me ? Peter was grieved because he 
said unto him the third time, Lovest 



80 CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 

thou me? And he said unto him, 
Lord, thou knowest all things; thou 
knowest that I love thee. Jesus 
saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 

Or this : St. Matt, xxviii, 18-20. 

JESUS came and spake unto them, 
saying, All power is given unto 
me in heaven and in earth. Go ye 
therefore and teach all nations, bap- 
tizing them in the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost; teaching them to ob- 
serve all things whatsoever I have 
commanded you: and lo, I am with 
you alway, even unto the end of the 
world. 



After the Gospel and the sermon are ended, the elected per- 
son shall be presented by two elders unto the bishop, 
saying, 



W 



E present unto you this holy 
man to be consecrated a bishop. 



CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 81 

Then the bishop shall move the congregation present to 
pray, saying thus to them : 

BRETHREN, it is written in the 
Gospel of St. Luke, that our 
Saviour Christ continued the whole 
night in prayer before he did choose 

and send forth his twelve apostles. 
It is written also in the Acts of the 
Apostles, that the disciples who were 
at Antioch did fast and pray before 
they laid hands on Paul and Barna- 
bas, and sent them forth on their first 
mission to the Gentiles. Let us, 
therefore, following the example of 
our Saviour Christ, and his apostles, 
first fell to prayer before we admit, 
and send forth this person presented 
to us, to the work whereunto we trust 
the Holy Ghost hath called him. 

Then shall be said this prayer following : 

4 LMIGHTY God, Giver of all 
-^-*- good things, who by thy Holy 



82 CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 

Spirit hast appointed divers offices 
in thy Church: mercifully behold 
this thy servant now called to the 
work and ministry of a bishop, and 
replenish him so with the truth of 
thy doctrine, and adorn him with in- 
nocency of life, that both by word 
and deed he may faithfully serve thee 
in this office, to the glory of thy 
name, and the edifying and well gov- 
erning of thy Church, through the 
merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, 
who liveth and reigneth with thee, 
and the Holy Ghost, world without 
end. Amen. 

Then the bishop shall say to him that is to be consecrated : 

"BROTHER, forasmuch as the 
-*-* Holy Scripture commands that 
we should not be hasty in laying on 
hands, and admitting any person to 
government in the Church of Christ, 
which he hath purchased with no less 



CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 83 

price than the shedding of his own 
blood ; before you are admitted to 
this administration, you will, in the 
fear of God, give answer to the ques- 
tions which I now propound : 

Are you persuaded that you are 
truly called to this ministration, ac- 
cording to the will of our Lord Jesus 
Christ ? 

Answ. I am so persuaded. 

The bishop. Are you persuaded that 
the Holy Scriptures contain suffi- 
ciently all doctrine required of neces- 
sity for eternal salvation, through 
faith in Jesus Christ ? And are you 
determined, out of the same Holy 
Scriptures, to instruct the people 
committed to your charge, and to 
teach or maintain nothing as required 
of necessity to eternal salvation but 
that which you shall be persuaded 
may be concluded and proved by the 
same? 



84 CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 

Jlnsw. I am so persuaded and de- 
termined, by God's grace. 

The bishop. Will you then faithfully 
exercise yourself in the same Holy 
Scriptures, and call upon God by 
prayer for the true understanding of 
the same, so that you may be able by 
them to teach and exhort with whole- 
some doctrine, and to withstand and 
convince the gainsay ers ? 

Jlnsw. I will so do, by the help of 
God. 

The bishop. Are you ready with 
faithful diligence to banish and drive 
away all erroneous and strange doc- 
trines contrary to God's word, and 
both privately and openly to call 
upon and encourage others to the 
same? 

Jlnsw. I am ready, the Lord being 
my helper. 

The bishop. Will you deny all un- 
godliness and worldly lust, and live 



CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 85 

soberly, righteously, and godly, in 
this present world, that you may 
show yourself in all things an ex- 
ample of good works unto others, 
that the adversary may be ashamed, 
having nothing to say against you ? 

Answ. I will so do, the Lord being 
my helper. 

The bishop. Will you maintain and 
set forward, as much as shall lie 
in you, quietness, love, and peace, 
among all men : and such as shall be 
unquiet disobedient, and criminal, 
correct and punish according to 
such authority as you have by God's 
word, and as shall be committed 
unto you ? 

Jlnsw. I will so do, by the help of 
God. 

The bishop. Will you be faithful in 
ordaining, or laying hands upon and 
sending others, and in all the other 
duties of your office? 



86 CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 

Jlnsiv. I will so be, by the help of 
God. 

The bishop. Will you show yourself 
gentle, and be merciful for Christ's 
sake, to poor and needy people, and 
to all strangers destitute of help ? 

Answ. I will so show myself, by 
God's help. 

Then the bishop shall say, 

4 Of IGHTY God, our heavenly 
■f* Father, who hath given you a 
good will to do all these things, 
grant also unto you strength and 
power to perform the same ; that he 
accomplishing in you the good work 
which he hath begun, you may be 
found blameless at the last day, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

Then shall Veni, Creator Spiritus, be said. 

COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, 
And lighten with celestial Jive. 



CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 87 

Thou the anointing Spirit art, 

Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart. 
Thy blessed onction from above 
Is comfort, life, and fire of love. 
Enable with perpetual light 
The dullness of our blinded sight ; 
Anoint and cheer our soiled face 
With the abundance of thy grace ; 
Keep far our foes, give peace at home ; 
Where thou art Guide, no ill can come. 
Teach us to know the Father, Son, 
Jlnd thee of both to be but one ; 
That through the ages all along, 
This may be our endless song : 
Praise to thy eternal merit, 
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 



That ended, the Bishop shall say, 

Lord, hear our prayer. 
Jlnsw. And let our cry come unto 
thee. 



88 CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 

Bishop. 

Let us pray. 

A LMIGBTY God and most mer- 
*\ ciful Father, who of thine infinite 
goodness hast given thine only and 
dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ to 
be our Redeemer, and the author of 
everlasting life; who after that he 
had made perfect our redemption by 
his death, and was ascended into 
heaven, poured down his gifts abund- 
antly upon men, making some apos- 
tles, some prophets, some evangelists, 
some pastors and teachers, to the 
edifying and making perfect of his 
Church: grant, we beseech thee, to 
this thy servant, such grace that he 
may evermore be ready to spread 
abroad thy Gospel, the glad tidings 
of reconciliation with thee, and use 
the authority given him, not to de- 
struction, but to salvation ; not to hurt, 



CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 89 

but to help; so that as a wise and faith- 
ful servant, giving to the family their 
portion in due season, he may at last 
be received into everlasting joy, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who, 
with thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth 
and reigneth, one God, world with- 
out end. Amen. 

Then the bishop and elders present shall lay their hands 
upon the head of the elected person, kneeling before them, 
the bishop saying, 

HpHE Lord pour upon thee the 
-*- Holy Ghost for the office and 
work of a bishop in the Church of 
God now committed unto thee by the 
authority of the Church through the 
imposition of our hands, in the name 
of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. Amen. And re- 
member that thou stir up the grace 
of God which is in thee; for God 
hath not given us the spirit of fear, 



90 CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 

but of power, and love, and of a 
sound mind. 



Then the bishop shall deliver him the BiMe, saying, 

C^ IVE heed unto reading, exhorta- 
* tion, and doctrine. Think upon 
the things contained in this book. 
Be diligent in them, that the increase 
coming thereby may be manifest unto 
all men. Take heed unto thyself, 
and to thy doctrine ; for by so doing 
thou shalt both save thyself and 
them that hear thee. Be to the flock 
of Christ a shepherd, not a wolf: 
feed them, devour them not. Hold 
up the weak, heal the sick, bind up 
the broken, bring again the outcast, 
seek the lost, be so merciful that you 
may not be too remiss; so minister 
discipline that you forget not mercy ; 
that when the chief Shepherd shall 
appear, you may receive the never- 



CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 91 

fading crown of glory, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



[Then the bishop shall administer the Lord's Supper to 
the newly consecrated bishop and other persons present.] 

Then shall he said the following prayers : 

MOST merciful Father, we be- 
seech thee to send down upon 
this thy servant thy heavenly bless- 
ing, and so endue him with thy 
Holy Spirit, that he, preaching thy 
word, and exercising authority in thy 
Church, may not only be earnest to 
reprove, beseech, and rebuke with all 
patience and doctrine, but also may 
be to such as believe a wholesome 
example in word, in conversation, in 
love, in faith, and in purity: that 
faithfully fulfilling his course, at the 
last day he may receive the crown of 
righteousness laid up by the Lord, 
the righteous Judge, who liveth and 



92 CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 

reigneth, one God with the Father 
* and the Holy Ghost, world without 
end. Amen. 

Prevent us, O Lord, in all our 
doings with thy most gracious favor, 
and further us with thy continual 
help, that in all our works begun, 
continued, and ended in thee, we may 
glorify thy holy name; and finally, 
by thy mercy, obtain everlasting 
life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

HPHE peace of God, which passeth 
*• all understanding, keep your 
hearts and minds in the knowledge 
and love of God, and of his Son 
Jesus Christ our Lord; and the 
blessing of God Almighty, the Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be 
among you, and remain with you 
always. Amen. 



THE FORM 



OF 



ORDAINING ELDERS 



[When the day appointed by the bishop is come, there 
shall be a sermon or exhortation, declaring the duty 
and office of such as come to be admitted elders ; 
how necessary that order is in the Church of Christ, 
and also how the people ought to esteem them in 
their office.] 

After which, one of the elders shall present unto the bishop 
all them that are to be ordained, and say, 



I 



PRESENT unto you these per- 
sons to be ordained elders. 



Then their names being read aloud, the bishop shall say 
unto the people, 



"D RETHREW, these are they whom 
*J we purpose, God willing, this 
day to ordain elders. For after due 



94 ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 

examination, we find not to the con- 
trary, but that they are lawfully 
called to this function and ministry, 
and that they are persons meet for 
the same. But if there be any of 
you who knoweth any crime or im- 
pediment in any of them, for the 
which he ought not to be received 
into this holy ministry, let him come 
forth in the name of God, and show 
what the crime or impediment is. 



[If any crime or impediment be objected, the bishop 
shall surcease from ordaining that person until such 
time as the party accused shall be found clear of the 
same.] 

Then shall be said the collect, epistle, and gospel, as 

followeth. 

The Collect 

ALMIGHTY God, Giver of all 
good things, who by thy Holy 
Spirit hast appointed divers orders of 
ministers in thy Church; mercifully 



ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 95 

behold these thy servants now called 
to the office of elders, and replenish 
them so with the truth of thy doc- 
trine, and adorn them with innocency 
of life, that both by word and good 
example they may faithfully serve 
thee in this office, to the glory of thy 
name, and the edification of thy 
Church, through the merits of our 
Saviour Jesus Christ, who liveth and 
reigneth with thee and the Holy 
Ghost, world without end. Amen. 

The Epistle. Eph. iv, 7 13. 

t'NTO every one of us is given 
grace according to the measure 
of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he 
saith, when he ascended up on high, 
he led captivity captive, and gave 
gifts unto men. (Now that he as- 
cended, what is it but that he also 
descended first into the lower parts 



96 ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 

of the earth ? He that descended is 
the same also that ascended up far 
above all heavens, that he might fill 
all things.) And he gave some, apos- 
tles ; and some, prophets ; and some, 
evangelists ; and some, pastors and 
teachers ; for the perfecting of the 
saints, for the work of the ministry, 
for the edifying of the body of Christ, 
till we all come in the unity of the 
faith, and of the knowledge of the 
Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto 
the measure of the stature of the full- 
ness of Christ. 



After this shall be read for the Gospel, part of the tenth 

<er of St. John. 



St. John x, 1-16. 

TrERILY, verily, I say unto you, 

* He that entereth not by the 

door into the sheepfold, but climbeth 



ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 97 

up some other way, the same is a 
thief and a robber. But he that en- 

tereth in by the door is the shepherd 
of the sheep. To him the porter 
openeth, and the sheep hear his 
voice, and he calleth his own sheep 
by name, and leadeth them out. 
And when he putteth forth his own 
sheep, he goeth before them, and the 
sheep follow him, for they know his 
voice. And a stranger will they not 
follow, but will flee from him, for they 
know not the voice of strangers. 
This parable spake Jesus unto them, 
but they understood not what things 
they were which he spake unto them. 
Then said Jesus unto them again, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am 
the door of the sheep. All that ever 
came before me are thieves and rob- 
bers, but the sheep did not hear 
them. I am the door ; by me if any 
man enter in, he shall be saved, and 

7 



98 ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 

shall go in and out and find pas- 
ture. The thief cometh not but 
for to steal, and to kill, and to 
destroy; I am come that they 
might have life, and that they might 
have it more abundantly. I am the 
good shepherd : the good shepherd 
giveth his life for the sheep. But 
he that is a hireling, and not the 
shepherd, whose own the sheep 
are not, seeth the wolf coming, and 
leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and 
the wolf catcheth them, and scatter- 
eth the sheep. The hireling fleeth 
because he is a hireling, and careth 
not for the sheep. I am the good 
shepherd, and know my sheep, and 
am known of mine. As the Father 
knoweth me, even so know I the 
Father: and I lay down my life for 
the sheep. And other sheep I have 
which are not of this fold : them also 
I must bring, and they shall hear my 



ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 99 

voice, and there shall be one fold and 
one shepherd. 

And that done, the bishop shall say unto them as hereafter 

folloiueth : 

TTOU have heard, brethren, in your 
private examination, and in the 
holy lessons taken out of the Gospel, 
and the writings of the apostles, of 
what dignity and of how great im- 
portance this office is whereunto ye 
are called. And now again we ex- 
hort you in the name of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, that you have in re- 
membrance, into how high a dignity 
and to how weighty an office ye are 
called : that is to say, to be messen- 
gers, watchmen, and stewards, of the 
Lord, to teach and to premonish, to 
feed, and provide for the Lord's 
family, to gather the outcasts, to 
seek the lost, and to be ever ready 
to spread abroad the Gospel, the 



100 ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 

glad tidings of reconciliation with 
God. 

Have always therefore printed in 
your remembrance how great a 
treasure is committed to your charge. 
For they are the sheep of Christ, 
which he bought with his death, and 
for whom he shed his blood. The 
Church whom you must serve, is his 
spouse and his body. And if it shall 
happen, the same Church, or any 
member thereof, do take any hurt or 
hinderance by reason of your negli- 
gence, ye know the greatness of the 
fault, and also the horrible punish- 
ment that will ensue. Wherefore 
consider with yourselves the end of 
the ministry toward the children of 
God, toward the spouse and body of 
Christ ; and see that you never cease 
your labor, your care and diligence, 
until you have done all that lieth in 
you, according to your bounden duty, 



ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 101 

to bring all such as are or shall be 
committed to your charge, unto that 
agreement in the faith and knowl- 
edge of God, and to that ripeness 
and perfectness of age in Christ, that 
there be no place left among you, 
either for error in religion, or for 
viciousness in life. 

Forasmuch then as your office is 
both of so great excellency, and of so 
great difficulty, ye see with how great 
care and study ye ought to apply 
yourselves, as well that ye may show 
yourselves dutiful and thankful unto 
that Lord who hath placed you in so 
high a dignity ; as also to beware 
that neither you yourselves offend, 
nor be occasion that others offend. 
Howbeit ye cannot have a mind and 
will thereto of yourselves ; for that 
will and ability is given of God 
alone ; therefore ye ought, and have 
need to pray earnestly for his Holy 



102 ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 

Spirit And seeing that ye cannot 
by any other means compass the 
doing of so weighty a work, pertain- 
ing to the salvation of man, but with 
doctrine and exhortation taken out 
of the Holy Scriptures, and with a 
life agreeable to the same ; consider 
how studious ye ought to be in read- 
ing and learning the Scriptures, and 
in framing the manners, both of your- 
selves and of them that specially per- 
tain unto you, according to the rule 
of the same Scriptures ; and for this 
self-same cause, how ye ought to for- 
sake and set aside (as much as you 
may) all worldly cares and studies. 

We have good hope that you have 
all weighed and pondered these 
things with yourselves long before 
this time : and that you have clearly 
determined, by God's grace, to give 
yourselves wholly to this office, 
whereunto it hath pleased God to 



ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 103 

call you : so that, as much as lieth in 
you, you will apply yourselves wholly 
to this one thing, and draw all your 
cares and studies this way, and that 
you will continually pray to God the 
Father, by the mediation of our only 
Saviour Jesus Christ, for the heaven- 
ly assistance of the Holy Ghost ; that 
by daily reading and weighing of the 
Scriptures, ye may wax riper and 
stronger in your ministry ; and that 
ye may so endeavor to sanctify the 
lives of you and yours, and to fashion 
them after the rule and doctrine of 
Christ, that ye may be wholesome 
and godly examples and patterns for 
the people to follow. 

And now that this present congre- 
gation of Christ, here assembled, may 
also understand your minds and wills 
in these things, and that this your 
promise may the more move you to 
do your duties : ye shall answer 



104 ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 

plainly to these things which we, in the 
name of God and his Church, shall 
demand of you touching the same. 

Do you think in your heart that 
you are truly called, according to the 
will of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the 
order of elders ? 

Jlnsw. I think so. 

The bishop. Are you persuaded that 
the Holy Scriptures contain suffi- 
ciently all doctrine required of neces- 
sity for eternal salvation through 
faith in Jesus Christ? And are you 
determined out of the said Scrip- 
tures to instruct the people commit- 
ted to your charge, and to teach 
nothing as required of necessity to 
eternal salvation, but that which 
you shall be persuaded may be con- 
cluded and proved by the Scripture ? 

Jlnsw. I am so persuaded, and have 
so determined, by God's grace. 

The bishop. Will you then give 



ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 105 

your faithful diligence always so to 
minister the doctrine and sacraments, 
and discipline of Christ, as the Lord 
hath commanded ? 

Answ. I will so do, by the help of 
the Lord. 

The bishop. Will you be ready with 
all faithful diligence to banish and 
drive away all erroneous and strange 
doctrines contrary to God's word ; 
and to use both public and private 
monitions and exhortations, as well 
to the sick as to the whole within 
your charge, as need shall require 
and occasion shall be given ? 

Jtnsiv. I will, the Lord being my 
helper. 

The bishop. Will you be diligent in 
prayers, and in reading of the Holy 
Scriptures, and in such studies as 
help to the knowledge of the same, 
laying aside the study of the world 
and the flesh ? 



106 ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 

Jlnsw. I will endeavor so to do, 
the Lord being my helper. 

The bishop. Will you be diligent to 
frame and fashion yourselves, and 
your families, according to the doc- 
trine of Christ: and to make both 
yourselves and them, as much as in 
you lieth, wholesome examples and 
patterns to the flock of Christ ? 

Jlnsw. I will apply myself thereto, 
the Lord being my helper. 

The bishop. Will you maintain and 
set forward, as much as lieth in you, 
quietness, peace, and love, among 
all Christian people, and especially 
among them that are or shall be 
committed to your charge ? 

Jlnsw. I will so do, the Lord being 
my helper. 

The bishop. Will you reverently 
obey your chief ministers, unto whom 
is committed the charge and govern- 
ment over you ; following with a glad 



ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 107 

mind and will their godly admoni- 
tions, submitting yourselves to their 
godly judgments ? 

Jlnsw. I will so do, the Lord being 
my helper. 

Then shall the bishop, standing up, say, 

ALMIGHTY God, who hath given 
you this will to do all these 
things, grant also unto you strength 
and power to perform the same ; that 
he may accomplish his work which 
he hath begun in you, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



[After this the congregation shall be desired secretly in 
their prayers to make their humble supplications to 
God for all these things : for the which prayers there 
shall be silence kept for a space.] 



After which shall be said by the bishop, {the persons to be 
ordained elders all kneeling,) Yeni, Creator Spiritus, 
the bishop beginning, and the elders and others that are 
present answering by verse, as follow eth : 



108 ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 

COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, 
And lighten with celestial Jive. 
Thou the anointing Spirit art, 
Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart. 
Thy blessed unction from above 
Is comfort, life,, and fire of love. 
Enable with perpetual light 
The dullness of our blinded sight ; 
Anoint and cheer our soiled face 
With the abundance of thy grace ; 
Keep far our foes, give peace at home ; 
Where thou art Guide, no ill can come. 
Teach us to know the Father, Son, 
And thee of both to be but one ; 
That through the ages all along, 
This may be our endless song : 
Praise to thy eternal merit, 
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 

That done the bishop shall pray in this wise, and say, 

Let us pray. 

ALMIGHTY God and heavenly 
Father, who of thine infinite love 



ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 109 

and goodness toward us, hast given 
to us thy only and most dearly be- 
loved Son Jesus Christ to be our 
Hedeemer, and the author of everlast- 
ing life ; who, after he had made per- 
fect our redemption by his death, 
and was ascended into heaven, sent 
abroad into the world his apostles, 
prophets, evangelists, teachers, and 
pastors, by whose labor and ministry 
he gathered together a great flock in 
all parts of the world, to set forth the 
eternal praise of thy holy name : for 
these so great benefits of thy eternal 
goodness, and for that thou hast 
vouchsafed to call these thy servants 
here present to the same office and 
ministry appointed for the salvation 
of mankind, we render unto thee 
most hearty thanks : we praise and 
worship thee ; and we humbly be- 
seech thee by the same, thy blessed 
Son, to grant unto all who either 



110 ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 

here or elsewhere call upon thy 
name, that we may continue to show 
ourselves thankful unto thee for 
these, and all other thy benefits, and 
that we may daily increase and go 
forward in the knowledge and faith 
of thee and thy Son, by the Holy 
Spirit. So that as well by these thy 
ministers, as by them over whom 
they shall be appointed thy ministers, 
thy holy name may be forever glori- 
fied, and thy blessed kingdom en- 
larged, through the same, thy Son 
Jesus Christ our Lord : who liveth 
and reigneth with thee in the unity 
of the same Holy Spirit, world with- 
out end. Amen. 

When this prayer is done, the bishop, with the elders pres- 
ent, shall lay their hands severally upon the head of 
every one that receiveth the order of elders ; the receivers 
humbly kneeling upon their knees, and the bishop saying, 



T 



HE Lord pour upon thee the 
Holy Ghost for the office and 



ORDINATION OF ELDERS. HI 

work of an elder in the Church of 
God, now committed unto thee by 
the authority of the Church through 
the imposition of our hands. And 
be thou a faithful dispenser of the 
word of God, and of his holy sacra- 
ments; in the name of the Father, 
and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost. AmeM. 

Then the bishop shall deliver to every one of them, kneeling, 
the Bible into his hands, saying, 

^pAKE thou authority as an elder 

-*- in the Church, to preach the 

word of God, and to administer the 

holy sacraments in the congregation. 

Then the bishop shall say, 

~]V/|~OST merciful Father, we be- 
-*-*-*- seech thee to send upon these 
thy servants thy heavenly blessings, 
that they may be clothed with right- 
eousness, and that thy word spoken 



112 ORDINATION OF ELDERS. 

by their mouths may have such suc- 
cess, that it may never be spoken in 
vain. Grant also that we may have 
grace to hear and receive what they 

shall deliver out of thy most holy 
word, or agreeably to the same, as 
the means of our salvation ; and that 
in all our words and deeds we may 
seek thy glory, and the increase of 
thy kingdom, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

Prevent us, O Lord, in all our 
doings, with thy most gracious favor, 
and further us with thy continual 
help, that in all our works begun, 
continued, and ended in thee, we 
may glorify thy holy name, and 
finally, by thy mercy, obtain everlast- 
ing life, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

npHE peace of God which passeth 
-*- all understanding, keep your 



ORDINATION OF ELDERS. H3 

hearts and minds in the knowledge 
and love of God, and of his Son 
Jesus Christ our Lord; and the 
blessing of God Almighty, the 
Father, the Son, and the Holy 
Ghost, be among you, and remain 
with you always. Amen. 



* # * [If on the same day the order of deacons be given 
to some, and that of elders to others, the deacons shall 
be first ]3resented, and then the elders. The collects 
shall both be used : first that for deacons, then that for 
elders. The epistle shall be Ephes. iv, f to 13, as be- 
fore in this office: immediately after which, they that 
are to be ordained deacons shall be examined and 
ordained as is above prescribed. Then one of them 
having read the Gospel, which shall be St. John x, 1, as 
before in this office ; they that are to be ordained elders 
shall likewise be examined and ordained, as in this office 
before appointed.] 



THEE FOUM 



OF 



ORDAINING DEACONS. 



[When the day appointed by the bishop is come, there 
shall be a sermon or exhortation, declaring the duty 
and office of such as come to be admitted deacons.] 

After which, one of the elders shall present unto the bishop 
the persons to he ordained deacons, and their names being 
read aloud, the bishop shall say unto the people : 

TVRETHREN, if there be any of 
-*-* you who knoweth any crime or 
impediment in any of these persons 
presented to be ordained deacons, 
for the which he ought not to be ad- 
mitted to that office, let him come 
forth in the name of God, and show 
what the crime or impediment is. 



ORDINATION OF DEACONS. 115 

[If any crime or impediment be objected, the bishop 
shall surcease from ordaining that person, until such 
time as the party accused shall be found clear of the 
same.] 

Then shall he read the following collect and epistle : 
The Collect. 

ALMIGHTY God, who by thy 
divine Providence hast appoint- 
ed divers orders of ministers in thy 
Church, and didst inspire thy apos- 
tles to choose into the order of dea- 
cons thy first martyr, St. Stephen, 
with others : mercifully behold these 
thy servants, now called to the like 
office and administration ; replenish 
them so with the truth of thy doc- 
trine, and adorn them with innocency 
of life, that both by word and good 
example they may faithfully serve 
thee in this office to the glory of thy 
name, and the edification of thy 
Church, through the merits of our 



116 ORDINATION OF DEACONS. 

Saviour Jesus Christ, who liveth and 
reigneth with thee and the Holy 
Ghost now and forever. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 Tim. iii, 8~13. 

T IKEWISE must the deacons 
-*^ be grave, not double tongued, 
not given to much wine, not greedy 
of filthy lucre; holding the mystery 
of the faith in a pure conscience. 
And let these also first be proved; 
then let them use the office of a 
deacon, being found blameless. Even 
so must their wives be grave, not 
slanderers, sober, faithful in all 
things. Let the deacons be the hus- 
bands of one wife, ruling their chil- 
dren and their own houses well. 
For they that have used the office of 
a deacon well, purchase to them- 
selves a good degree, and great bold- 
ness in the faith which is in Christ 
Jesus. 



ORDINATION OF DEACONS. 117 

Then shall the bishop examine every one of those who are 
to be ordained, in the presence of the people, after this 
manner following : 

r\0 you trust that you are inwardly 
-*-^ moved by the Holy Ghost to 
take upon you the office of the min- 
istry in the Church of Christ, to serve 
God for the promoting of his glory 
and the edifying of his people ? 

Jlnsw. I trust so. 

The bishop. Do you unfeignedly be- 
lieve all the canonical Scriptures of 
the Old and New Testament ? 

Jlnsw. I do believe them. 

The bishop. Will you diligently read 
or expound the same unto the peo- 
ple whom you shall be appointed to 
serve ? 

Jlnsw. I will. 

The bishop. It appertaineth to the 
office of a deacon to assist the elder 
in divine service. And especially 
when he ministereth the holy com- 



118 ORDINATION OF DEACONS. 

munion, to help him in the distribu- 
tion thereof, and to read and ex- 
pound the Holy Scriptures ; to in- 
struct the youth, and to baptize. 
And furthermore, it is his office to 
search for the sick, poor, and impo- 
tent, that they may be visited and 
relieved. Will you do this gladly 
and willingly ? 

Jlnsw. I will do so, by the help of 
God. 

The bishop. Will you apply all your 
diligence to frame and fashion your 
own lives (and the lives of your fam- 
ilies) according to the doctrine of 
Christ; and to make (both) your- 
selves, (and them,) as much as in you 
lieth, wholesome examples of the 
flock of Christ 1 

Jlnsw. I will do so, the Lord being 
my helper. 

The bishop. Will you reverently 
obey them to whom the charge and 



ORDINATION OF DEACONS. 119 

government over you is committed, 
following with a glad mind and will 
their godly admonitions % 

Jlnsw. I will endeavor so to do, the 
Lord being my helper. 

Then the bishop, laying his hands severally upon the head 
of every one of them, shall say, 

npAKE thou authority to execute 
J- the office of a Deacon in the 
Church of God ; in the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Then shall the bishop deliver to every one of them the Holy 
Bible, saying, 

npAKE thou authority to read the 
-*- Holy Scriptures in the Church of 
God, and to preach the same. 

Then one appointed by the bishop shall read the Gospel. 

Luke xii, 35~38. 

T ET your loins be girded about, 
«M and your lights burning, and ye 



120 ORDINATION OF DEACONS. 

yourselves like unto men that wait 
for their Lord, when he will return 
from the wedding, that when he 
cometh and knocketh, they may 
open unto him immediately. Blessed 
are those servants whom the Lord 
when he cometh shall find watching. 
Verily I say unto you, that he shall 
gird himself, and make them to sit 
down to meat, and will come forth 
and serve them. And if he shall 
come in the second watch, or come 
in the third watch, and find them so, 
blessed are those servants. 

Immediately before the benediction shall be said these col- 
lects following : 

ALMIGHTY God, Giver of all 
-£* good things, who of thy great 
goodness hast vouchsafed to accept 
and take these thy servants into the 
office of deacons in thy Church; 
make them, we beseech thee, O 



ORDINATION OF DEACONS. 121 

Lord, to be modest, humble, and con- 
stant in their ministration, and to 
have a ready will to observe all 
spiritual discipline ; that they having 
always the testimony of a good con- 
science, and continuing ever stable 
and strong in thy Son Christ, may so 
well behave themselves in this in- 
ferior office, that they may be found 
worthy to be called into the higher 
ministries in thy Church, through the 
same, thy Son our Saviour Jesus 
Christ ; to whom be glory and honor, 
world without end. Amen. 

Prevent us, O Lord, in all our 
doings, with thy most gracious favor, 
and further us with thy continual 
help ; that in all our works, begun, 
continued, and ended in thee, we may 
glorify thy holy name, and finally, by 
thy mercy, obtain everlasting life, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



122 ORDINATION OF DEACONS. 

fT^HE peace of God, which passeth 
-*- all understanding, keep your 
hearts and minds in the knowledge 
and love of God, and of his Son 
Jesus Christ our Lord. And the 
blessing of God Almighty, the 
Father, the Son, and the Holy 
Ghost, be among you, and remain 
with you always. Amen, 



FORM 



FOR 



LAYING THE COMER-STONE OF A 
CHURCH. 



FORM 



FOR 



LAYING THE CORNER-STONE OE A 
CHURCH. 



The Minister, standing near the place where the stone is 
to be laid, shall say unto the Congregation, 

[VEARLY beloved, We are taught 
*J in the word of God, that, al- 
though the heaven of heavens cannot 
contain the Eternal One, much less 
the walls of temples made with 
hands, yet his delight is ever with the 
sons of men, and that, wherever two 
or three are gathered in His name, 
there is He in the midst of them. 
And in all ages His servants have 



126 LAYING CORNER-STONE OF A CHURCH. 

separated certain places for His wor- 
ship ; as Jacob erected a stone in 
Bethel for God's house ; as Moses 
made a tabernacle in the desert; as 
Solomon build ed a temple for the 
Lord, which He filled with the glory 
of His presence before all the people. 
We are now assembled to lay the 
corner-stone of a new house for the 
worship of the God of our fathers. 
Let us not doubt that he will favor- 
ably approve our godly purpose, and 
let us now devoutly unite in singing 
his praise, and in prayer for his bless- 
ing on this our undertaking. 

Let one of the Hymns 959-963 he sung. 
Then shall the Minister say. 

Let us pray. 

MOST glorious God, the heaven 
is Thy throne and the earth is 
Thy footstool : what house then can 



LAYING CORNER-STONE OF A CHURCH. 127 

be builded for Thee, or where is the 
place of Thy rest ? Yet, blessed be 
Thy name, O Lord God, that it hath 
pleased Thee to have Thy habitation 
among the sons of men, and to dwell 
in the midst of the assembly of the 
saints upon the earth. And now, es- 
pecially, we render thanks unto Thy 
holy name that it hath pleased Thee 
to put it into the hearts of Thy serv- 
ants to erect in this place a house 
for Thy worship. We thank Thee 
for Thy grace which has inclined 
them to contribute of their substance 
for the glory of Thy name : and we 
pray Thee, to continue Thy blessing 
upon their pious undertaking. Amen. 
May many unite with them in their 
holy work, until this habitation of 
Thy house shall be completed, and 
ready for dedication to Thy service, 
free from all debt or claim of man. 
Amen. 



128 LAYINO CORNER-STONE OF A CKURCH. 

May peace and harmony prevail in 
the counsels of Thy servants, and 
may no selfish or divided aims find 
place among them. May the work 
of this building be completed without 
hurt or accident to any person. And 
when Thou shalt have prospered the 
work of their hands upon them, and 
this house shall be prepared and 
finished for Thy service, grant that 
all who shall enjoy the benefit of this 
pious work, may show forth their 
thankfulness, by making a right use 
of it, to the glory of Thy blessed 
Name ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

Grant that all who shall hereafter 
worship Thee in the temple here to 
be builded, may so serve and please 
Thee in all holy exercises of godli- 
ness, that in the end they may come 
to that temple on high, even to the 
holy places, made without hands, 



LAYING CORNER-STONE OF A CHURCH. 129 

whose builder and maker is God. 
Amen. 

Hear us, O Lord, for Thou art our 
God in whom we trust. And when 
we shall cease to pray unto Thee 
on earth, may we, with all those 
who in like manner have erected 
such places to Thy name, and with 
all thy saints and redeemed ones, 
eternally praise Thee for all Thy 
goodness vouchsafed unto us here 
on earth and laid up for us there in 
heaven. Amen. 

Accept these our prayers, we 
beseech Thee, for the sake of 
Thy dear Son, and to Thee, the 
only true and living God, Father, 
Son, and Holy Ghost, be honor, 
praise, and glory, forever and ever. 
Amen. 



Then shall the Minister read the following Psalm, or the 
Minister and people way read it in alternate verses; 
the parts in italics to be read by the people. 



130 LAYING CORNER-STONE OF A CHURCH. 

Psalm cxxxii. 

Lord, remember David, and all his 
afflictions : 

How he sware unto the Lord, and vowed 
unto the mighty God of Jacob ; 

Surely I will not come into the 
tabernacle of my house, nor go up 
into my bed ; 

/ will not give sleep to mine eyes, or 
slumber to my eyelids, 

Until I find out a place for the 
Lord, 

A habitation for the mighty God of 
Jacob. 

Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: 
we found it in the fields of the wood. 

We will go into his tabernacles : we will 
worship at his footstool. 

Arise, O Lord, into thy rest ; thou, 
and the ark of thy strength. 

Let thy priests be clothed with right' 
eousness ; 



LAYING CORNER-STONE OF A CHURCH. 131 

And let thy saints shout for joy. 

For thy servant David's sake turn not 
away the face of thine anointed. 

The Lord hath sworn in truth unto 
David ; he will not turn from it ; 

Of the fruit of thy body ivill I set upon 
thy throne. 

If thy children will keep my cove- 
nant and my testimony that I shall 
teach them, their children shall also 
sit upon thy throne for evermore. 

For the Lord hath chosen Zion ; he 
hath desired it for his habitation. 

This is my rest forever; here will 
I dwell ; for I have desired it. 

/ will abundantly bless her provision : 

I will satisfy her poor with bread. 

/ will also clothe her priests with sal- 
vation : 

And her saints shall shout aloud 
for joy. 

There will I make the horn of David to 
bud : 



132 LAYING CORNER-STONE OF A CHURCH. 

I have ordained a lamp for mine 

anointed. 

His enemies will I clothe with shame: 
But upon himself shall his crown 

flourish. 

The Lesson. 1 Cor. iii, 9 _ 23. 

T70R we are laborers together with 
-■- God : ye are God's husbandry, ye 
are God's building. According to 
the grace of God which is given unto 
me, as a wise master-builder, I have 
laid the foundation, and another 
buildeth thereon. But let every man 
take heed how he buildeth there- 
upon. For other foundation can no 
man lay than that is laid, which is 
Jesus Christ. Now if any man build 
upon this foundation gold, silver, pre- 
cious stones, wood, hay, stubble ; 
every man's work shall be made 
manifest: for the day shall declare 



LAYING CORNER-STONE OF A CHURCH. 133 

it, because it shall be revealed by 
fire ; and the fire shall try every 
man's work of what sort it is. If 
any man's work abide which he hath 
built thereupon, he shall receive a 
reward. If any man's work shall be 
burned, he shall suffer loss : but he 
himself shall be saved ; yet so as by 
fire. Know ye not that ye are the 
temple of God, and that the Spirit of 
God dwelleth in you ? If any man 
defile the temple of God, him shall 
God destroy ; for the temple of God 
is holy, which temple ye are. Let 
no man deceive himself. If any man 
among you seemeth to be wise in 
this world, let him become a fool, 
that he may be wise. For the wis- 
dom of this world is foolishness with 
God. For it is written, He taketh 
the wise in their own craftiness. 
And again, The Lord knoweth the 
thoughts of the wise, that they are 



134 LAYING CORNER-STONE OF A CHURCH. 

vain. Therefore let no man glory in 
men. For all things are yours; 
whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, 
or the world, or life, or death, or 
things present, or things to come ; all 
are yours ; and ye are Christ's ; and 
Christ is God's. 



Then shall folloio the Sermon, or an Address suitable to 
the occasion, after which the contributions of the people 
shall be received. 



Then shall the minister, standing by the stone, exhibit 
to the congregation a box to be placed in an excavation of 
the stone. It may contain a copy of the Bible, the 
Hymn Book, the Discipline, the Church Almanac for 
the year, Church periodicals of recent date, the names 
of the Pastor, Trustees, and Building Committee of the 
Church, with such other documents as may be desired. 
A list of these may be read, after which the Minister 
may deposit the box in the stone and cover it : and the 
stone shall be laid and adjusted by the Minister, assisted 
by the builder. 



I 



Then shall the Minister say, 

N the name of the Father, and of 
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, 



LAYING CORNER-STONE OF A CHURCH. 135 

we lay this corner-stone for the foun- 
dation of a house to be builded 
and consecrated to the service of 
Almighty God, according to the order 
and usages of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church. Amen. 

The service may conclude with extemporary prayer, the 
Lord's Prayer, and the Benediction. 



F O H M 



FOR THE 



DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. 



FOEM 



FOE 



THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. 



The Congregation being assembled in the Church, the Min- 
ister shall say, 

T\EAMLY beloved, The Scriptures 
-*-' teach us that God is well pleased 
with those who build Temples to His 
name. We have heard how He 
filled the Temple of Solomon with 
His glory, and how in the Second 
Temple He manifested himself still 
more gloriously. And the Gospel 
approves and commends the cen- 
turion who built a synagogue for 
the people. Let us not doubt that 
He will also favorably approve our 
purpose of dedicating this place in 



140 DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. 

solemn manner, for the performance 
of the several offices of religious wor- 
ship ; and let us now devoutly join in 
praise to his Name, that this godly 
undertaking hath been so far com- 
pleted ; and in prayer for His further 
blessing upon all who have been 
engaged therein, and upon all who 
shall hereafter worship His name in 
this place. 

Let one of the Hymns 964-971 be sung, and extemporary 
prayer be offered, the congregation all kneeling. 

Then shall the Minister, or some one appointed by him, read 

The First Lesson. 2 Chron. vi, 18-33. 

TOUT will God in very deed dwell 
•*■* with men on the earth ? behold, 
heaven and the heaven of heavens 
cannot contain thee ; how much less 
this house which I have built? 
Have respect, therefore, to the prayer 



DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. 141 

of thy servant, and to his supplica- 
tion, O Lord my God, to hearken 
unto the cry and the prayer which 
thy servant prayeth before thee : that 
thine eyes may be open upon this 
house day and night, upon the place 
whereof thou hast said that thou 
wouldest put thy name there ; to 
hearken unto the prayer which thy 
servant prayeth toward this place. 
Hearken, therefore, unto the suppli- 
cations of thy servant, and of thy 
people Israel, which they shall 
make toward this place : hear thou 
from thy dwelling place, even from 
heaven ; and when thou hearest, for- 
give. 

If a man sin against his neighbor, 
and an oath be laid upon him to 
make him swear, and the oath come 
before thine altar in this house ; then 
hear thou from heaven, and do, and 
judge thy servants, by requiting the 



142 DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. 

wicked, by recompensing his way 
upon his own head; and by justify- 
ing the righteous, by giving him 
according to his righteousness. 

And if thy people Israel be put to 
the worse before the enemy, because 
they have sinned against thee ; and 
shall return and confess thy name, 
and pray and make supplication be- 
fore thee in this house ; then hear 
thou from the heavens, and forgive 
the sin of thy people Israel, and 
bring them again unto the land 
which thou gavest to them and to 
their fathers. 

When the heaven is shut up, and 
there is no rain, because they have 
sinned against thee ; yet if they pray 
toward this place, and confess thy 
name, and turn from their sin, when 
thou dost afflict them; then hear 
thou from heaven, and forgive the 
sin of thy servants, and of thy people 



DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. 143 

Israel, when thou hast taught them 
the good way, wherein they should 
walk ; and send rain upon thy land, 
which thou hast given unto thy peo- 
ple for an inheritance. 

If there be dearth in the land, if 
there be pestilence, if there be blast- 
ing, or mildew, locusts, or caterpil- 
lars ; if their enemies besiege them in 
the cities of their land ; whatsoever 
sore, or whatsoever sickness there 
be ; then what prayer or what sup- 
plication soever shall be made of any 
man, or of all thy people Israel, when 
every one shall know his own sore 
and his own grief, and shall spread 
forth his hands in this house : then 
hear thou from heaven thy dwelling 
place, and forgive, and render unto 
every man according unto all his 
ways, whose heart thou knowest; 
(for thou only knowest the hearts of 
the children of men ;) that they may 



144 DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. 

fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so 
long as they live in the land which 
thou gavest unto our fathers. 

Moreover concerning the stranger, 
which is not of thy people Israel, but 
is come from a far country for thy 
great name's sake, and thy mighty 
hand, and thy stretched-out arm ; if 
they come and pray in this house ; 
then hear thou from the heavens, 
even from thy dwelling place, and do 
according to all that the stranger 
calleth to thee for ; that all people of 
the earth may know thy name, and 
fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, 
and may know that this house which 
I have built is called by thy name. 

The Second Lesson. Heb. x, 19~26. 

HAVING therefore, brethren, bold- 
ness to enter into the holiest by 
the blood of Jesus, by a new and 
living way, which he hath conse- 



DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. 145 

crated for us, through the vail, that 
is to say, his flesh ; and having a 
High Priest over the house of God ; 
let us draw near with a true heart in 
full assurance of faith, having our 
hearts sprinkled from an evil con- 
science, and our bodies washed with 
pure water. Let us hold fast the 
profession of our faith without waver- 
ing; (for he is faithful that promised;) 
and let us consider one another to 
provoke unto love and to good works; 
not forsaking the assembling of our- 
selves together, as the manner of some 
is; but exhorting one another; and 
so much the more, as ye see the day 
approaching. For if we sin willfully 
after that we have received the 
knowledge of the truth, there re- 
maineth no more sacrifice for sins. 

Then shall one of the Hymns, 967-971, he sung, after 

which the Minister shall deliver a Sermon suitable to 

the occasion, after which the contributions of the people 

shall be received. 

10 



146 DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. 

Then shall the Minister read the following Psalm, or the 
Minister and the Congregation mag read it alternately ; 
the parts in italics to he read by the Congregation, 

Psalm cxxii. 

I was glad when they said unto 
me, Let us go into the house of the 
Lord. 

Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O 
Jerusalem. 

Jerusalem is builded as a city that 
is compact together ; 

Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of 
the Lord, 

Unto the testimony of Israel, to 
give thanks unto the name of the 
Lord. 

For there are set thrones of judgment, 
the thrones of the house of David. 

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : 

They shall prosper that love thee. 

Peace be within thy walls, 

And prosperity within thy palaces. 



DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. 147 

For my brethren and companions' 
sakes, I will now say, Peace be 
within thee. 

Because of the house of the Lord our 
God I ivill seek thy good. 

Then let the Trustees stand up before the altar, and one of 
them, or some one in their behalf say unto the Minister, 

WE present unto you this build- 
ing, to be dedicated as a 
Church for the service and worship 
of Almighty God. 

Then shall the Minister request the congregation to stand, 
while he repeats the following 

DECLARATION. 

P|EARLY beloved, It is meet and 
^ right, as we learn from the Holy 
Scriptures, that houses erected for 
the public worship of God should be 
specially set apart and dedicated to 
religious uses. For such a dedica- 
tion we are now assembled. With 



148 DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. 

gratitude, therefore, to Almighty- 
God, who has signally blessed His 
servants in their holy enterprise of 
erecting this Church, we dedicate it 
to His service, for the reading of the 
Holy Scriptures, the preaching of the 
Word of God, the administration of 
the Holy Sacraments, and for all oth- 
er exercises of religious worship and 
service, according to the Discipline 
and usages of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church. And, as the dedication 
of the Temple is vain without the 
solemn consecration of the worship- 
ers also, I now call upon you all to 
dedicate yourselves anew to the serv- 
ice of God. To Him let our souls be 
dedicated, that they may be renewed 
after the image of Christ. To him 
let our bodies be dedicated, that they 
may be fit temples for the indwell- 
ing of the Holy Ghost. To Him 
may our labors and business be dedi- 



DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. 149 

cated, that their fruit-may tend to the 
glory of His great name, and to the 
advancement of His kingdom. And 
that He may graciously accept this 
our solemn act, let us pray. 

The congregation kneeling, the Minister shall offer the fol- 
lowing Prayer. 

OMOST glorious Lord, we ac- 
knowledge that we are not 
worthy to offer unto thee anything 
belonging unto us ; yet we beseech 
thee, in thy great goodness, gracious- 
ly to accept the Dedication of this 
place to thy service, and to prosper 
this our undertaking ; receive the 
prayers and intercessions of all those 
thy servants who shall call upon thee 
in this house ; and give them grace 
to prepare their hearts to serve thee 
with reverence and godly fear ; affect 
them with an awful apprehension of 
thy Divine Majesty, and a deep sense 



150 DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. 

of their own unworthiness ; that so 
approaching thy sanctuary with low- 
liness and devotion, and coming be- 
fore thee with clean thoughts and 
pure hearts, with bodies undefiied, 
and minds sanctified, they may al- 
ways perform a service acceptable to 
thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Jlmen. 

Kegard, O Lord, the supplications 
of thy servants, and grant that who- 
soever shall be dedicated to thee in 
this house by Baptism, may ever re- 
main in the number of thy faithful 
children. Amen. 

Grant, O Lord, that whosoever 
shall receive in this place the blessed 
Sacrament of the Body and Blood of 
Christ, may come to that holy ordi- 
nance with faith, charity, and true 
repentance; and being filled with 
thy grace and heavenly benediction, 
may, to their great and endless com- 



DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. 151 

fort, obtain remission of their sins, 
and all other benefits of his death. 
JLmen. 

Grant, O Lord, that by thy holy 
Word which shall be read and 
preached in this place, and by thy 
holy Spirit grafting it inwardly in the 
heart, the hearers thereof may both 
perceive and know what things they 
ought to do, and may have power 
and strength to perform the same. 
Jlmen. 

Now, therefore, arise, O Lord, and 
come unto this place of Thy rest, 
Thou and the ark of Thy strength. 
Let thine eye be open toward this 
house day and night ; and let thine 
ears be ready toward the prayers of 
Thy children which they shall make 
unto Thee in this place : and when- 
soever Thy servants shall make to 
Thee their petitions here, do Thou 
hear them from Heaven, Thy dwell- 



152 DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. 

ing place, the throne of the glory 
of Thy kingdom ; and when Thou 
hearest, forgive. And grant, O Lord, 
we beseech Thee, that here and else- 
where Thy ministers may be clothed 
with righteousness, and Thy saints 
rejoice in Thy salvation. And may 
we all, with Thy people everywhere, 
grow up into a holy temple in the 
Lord, and be at last received into 
the glorious temple above ; the 
house not made with hands, eternal 
in the heavens. And to the Father, 
and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be 
glory and praise, world without end. 
Amen. 

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